Show notes
In this episode, the dogs talk about the current Russian invasion of Ukraine and its similarities to previous conflicts (00:45). Rob poses the question: “Do ideas shape history or do people shape history?” (08:15). They all discuss the glory of the saints (20:26), the need for true friendship (25:00), and the communion that is available to us at all times (26:30).Quotes:“In the fight for holiness, how I respond to this person’s email, that’s the battle that will make me a saint or not.” (Rob, 14:30)“Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. (Thomas Merton, 18:10)“For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.” (2 Corinthians 5:21)“The escape from history and its determinisms is not by standing outside of it but by willingingly entering into it with Christ” (Connor, 18:40)“Somehow through this suffering and this death we are being drawn not only closer to God but closer to each other so that when we all look back on this, as a family in Heaven, we can say, this is how He saved us.” (Connor, 20:04)“I need to see the Christian narrative embodied in a person. To have those saints, who bring that into reality, who mediate heaven and earth, that’s a powerful thing to see.” (Mike, 21:56)“Friendship is one of the great antidotes to despair.” (Connor, 25:00)“The devil scatters, he wants us to think everything is discrete and separate.” (Connor, 25:21)“The truth of communion is right here in front of us all of the time.” (Connor, 26:29)“He went up the mountain and summoned those whom he wanted and they came to him.” (Mark 3:13)Media Mentions:Thirteen Days (2000)Aldai Stevenson Addresses the United Nations on the Cuban Missile Crisis Barbara W. Tuchman’s The Guns of AugustThe Courier (2020)Jean Corbon’s The Wellspring of WorshipSt. Therese of Lisieux’s The Story of a SoulTrue Detective (2014- 2019)Millennials living through their third “once in a lifetime” crisis within 5 years Thomas Merton’s New Seeds of ContemplationClifford Williams’ Free Will and DeterminismRestore the Glory- Episode 40: Sexual Healing (Part 4) J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the RingsReferences:Atlanta BravesKevin CostnerCuban Missile CrisisEverglades National Park (Nike Hercules missile site)Adlai Stevenson IIJohn F. KennedyUnited NationsCubaSoviet UnionWorld War IBenedict CumberbatchSecret Intelligence Service (MI6)KremlinMoscowRobert F. KennedyTurkeyCroatiaHerod the GreatPontius PilateCaesar AugustusSt. Therese of LisieuxSts. Louis and Zelie MartinBishop Robert BarronRussiaPresident Joe BidenPresident Vladimir PutinMatthew McConaugheyThomas MertonFr. Gus BelauskasFr. ChristianCardinal Francis GeorgeSt. John Paul IIWorld War IIPolandMatt FraddDr. Bob Schuchts Jake Khym, MASauronSarumanFinal Correspondence of St. Thomas More (pg. 133, To Dr. Nicholas Wilson)Fr. Timothy GallagherJordan B. PetersonAtlanta, GAServant of God Emil J. KapaunKansas